Not to mention, where the hell are people going to grow food?
- Dig huge caverns for agriculture?
- Use hydroponics, or manage to find or make some dirt-like growing medium?
- Construct massive gro-lights?
- Construct ginormous reactors to power the gro-lights, and the air conditioning, and the water pumps, etc...
By spreading the human race among several planets/space stations you lower the chance of humanity being wiped out by a large meteor or other catastrophe.
Or put another way, you make it more difficult for the Universe to cleanse itself of a rather nasty infestation of humans.
Speed boils down to cycles per second. Power is work over time. The megahertz myth is rooted in the ease with which the former mistakenly implies the latter. I've seen SPARC systems do more work than contemporary Intel systems, with the Intels running at a higher clock rate. Similarly, scoring high on one particular benchmark does not necessarily give a true indication of the actual power of this, or any other supercomputer.
Meh. Most of the computing world has confused speed for power for decades now, whether on the desktop, in the datacenter, or in most benchmarks. Any attempt to better quantify performance can only be a good thing. However, I share your skepticism of the timing.
Please don't smear and presume to speak for those whom you a) don't understand, and b) don't represent. There is no conflict in being libertarian and supporting causes like marijuana legalization and gay marriage that are traditionally "socially liberal" positions. Small, effective, efficient government that mostly stays out of people's lives does not conflict with these causes either, and in fact is the goal of true libertarians. Asking your friend why he does not consider himself a Republican (assuming you haven't already) might be enlightening.
Being socially liberal does not necessarily mean paying for all the world's wants. Libertarians generally speaking are concerned with the rights and liberties of individuals, and keeping the government's nose out of such affairs. For example, supporting gay marriage is perceived as a "socially liberal" stance, but in fact, it falls in the realm of individual rights, and the government should butt out (ie, accept the rights of couples to marry, refrain from passing quasi-religious laws interfering). As such, libertarians I know are generally supportive. Same with legalizing marijuana. Obviously not all libertarians agree on this, of course, but I would suggest looking out for the many so-called libertarians who are more like conservatives in libertarians' clothing.
I'm not scapegoating anybody. I'm not trying to start a flame war. I am not trolling. I stated a simple, objective fact in neutral, non-judgemental terms. Many Muslims resent the US because we are perceived to be the friend of their enemy. In no way does that mean it is the Israelis' fault, or in any way judges their actions.
This predates the Afghani/Iraqi causes of resentment that the GP refers to. My point was simple - our relationship with the Islamic world has been poor for a long time, for reasons that existed prior to the Soviet-Afghan and Iran-Iraq conflicts.
As for your statement that they can't even get along with themselves, consider the Christian-on-Christian violence in Northern Ireland which is only now subsiding. Political violence along sectarian lines is nothing unique to Islam.
I mod here frequently, and although I tend to have a right/libertarian streak, I try my best to mod based purely on the merits of the comment - does it offer insight or information I didn't have before? Does it pose an interesting perspective I hadn't considered before? Or is it designed to elicit a certain aggressive response? If it is the latter, it falls into the flamebait/troll category. I seldom give those mods, since I think that adults should be able to ignore such bait, and I prefer not censoring others. Yes, lots of mods here award points as political agree/disagree popularity points, and I agree that the sentiments here tend to lean left. Keep in mind, this is an international group, and politics outside the US tend to lean in the direction we would call left, and they would call center, and that despite all that, most mods are pretty fair.
That said, I can understand why a) you got modded that way, and b) why you think it was unjust. I'm pretty sure that you were voicing your true opinion, but you did so in a way that mimics the tactics of someone trolling the forum for angry responses. You may have gotten the flamebait mod from someone who disagrees with you, but more likely you got it from a mod who thought you were trying to yank someone's chain.
Well, if Palin used it illegally, why doesn't someone bring charges against her? From everything I've seen and heard, the snooper was looking for damaging stuff, but found nothing damning.
No. Genetic variation still exists. Yeast produce asexually, but many strains exist, and new strains are developed all the time. Your statement is predicated on perfect genetic replication every time, which doesn't always happen. If that were the case, bacteria and virii would be eternally unchanging. Evolutionary changes are slower however, since they rely on mutations within a single organism, rather than mixing different genetic lines.
I second this, but for a slightly different reason. Resale does more than return money to the seller's pocket, and make the next game more affordable. It also contributes to the longevity of the game. I have old copies of Battlezone and Battlezone II I bought second hand. I could still get them out, cobble some older hardware together, and play them if I wanted, because the pressed CDs in my desk drawer aren't going away. With a Valve/Steam distribution model, when the distributor decides there isn't enough revenue stream coming in to justify a game's share of the server it sits on, -poof- it can go away in a flash. Maybe most people don't want to play older games, and that's fine. Maybe most games today wouldn't be as appealing without their online multiplayer aspects anyway. But I'm more concerned about the digital amnesia effect, where games become ephemeral things quickly lost to history.
In the US al least, the courts generally presume that a person carrying a weapon while committing a crime intends to commit unlawful violence with it, and it is regarded as an aggravating circumstance (or whatever the legal jargon is) to the crime.. A law-abiding person lawfully carrying the same weapon does not have the same presumption made. Caveats apply; IANAL, AFAIK, etc.
IANAL, this is not legal advice, and obviously laws vary from place to place, but AFAIK, self defense is an affirmative defense, meaning that you have to demonstrate that you were defending yourself to be found not guilty.
I'll invoke any damn thing I want. As far as racism, you entirely miss the point, which is that your use of a stereotype is an indication of your fundamental ignorance of those you attempt to describe. A stereotype is not a logical thing to do. It is the refuge of those too intellectually lazy to question their own biases, too afraid to engage in debate with those who think differently, and too arrogant to consider that someone else's point of view might contain insight. In short, stereotypes have nothing to do with the choices (or lack thereof) of those who are stereotyped, and everything to do with the mind that actually forms (or adopts from others) the stereotype.
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Did he digitally encrypt drugs onto his hard drive? Have a dog sniff the thing.
They obviously need to decrypt the drugs before the dogs can detect them.
To give Customs something to do, obviously.
Not to mention, where the hell are people going to grow food?
...
- Dig huge caverns for agriculture?
- Use hydroponics, or manage to find or make some dirt-like growing medium?
- Construct massive gro-lights?
- Construct ginormous reactors to power the gro-lights, and the air conditioning, and the water pumps, etc
No thanks.
By spreading the human race among several planets/space stations you lower the chance of humanity being wiped out by a large meteor or other catastrophe.
Or put another way, you make it more difficult for the Universe to cleanse itself of a rather nasty infestation of humans.
Speed boils down to cycles per second. Power is work over time. The megahertz myth is rooted in the ease with which the former mistakenly implies the latter. I've seen SPARC systems do more work than contemporary Intel systems, with the Intels running at a higher clock rate. Similarly, scoring high on one particular benchmark does not necessarily give a true indication of the actual power of this, or any other supercomputer.
Meh. Most of the computing world has confused speed for power for decades now, whether on the desktop, in the datacenter, or in most benchmarks. Any attempt to better quantify performance can only be a good thing. However, I share your skepticism of the timing.
Please don't smear and presume to speak for those whom you a) don't understand, and b) don't represent. There is no conflict in being libertarian and supporting causes like marijuana legalization and gay marriage that are traditionally "socially liberal" positions. Small, effective, efficient government that mostly stays out of people's lives does not conflict with these causes either, and in fact is the goal of true libertarians. Asking your friend why he does not consider himself a Republican (assuming you haven't already) might be enlightening.
Being socially liberal does not necessarily mean paying for all the world's wants. Libertarians generally speaking are concerned with the rights and liberties of individuals, and keeping the government's nose out of such affairs. For example, supporting gay marriage is perceived as a "socially liberal" stance, but in fact, it falls in the realm of individual rights, and the government should butt out (ie, accept the rights of couples to marry, refrain from passing quasi-religious laws interfering). As such, libertarians I know are generally supportive. Same with legalizing marijuana. Obviously not all libertarians agree on this, of course, but I would suggest looking out for the many so-called libertarians who are more like conservatives in libertarians' clothing.
You spelled "invertebrate" wrong.
I'm not scapegoating anybody. I'm not trying to start a flame war. I am not trolling. I stated a simple, objective fact in neutral, non-judgemental terms. Many Muslims resent the US because we are perceived to be the friend of their enemy. In no way does that mean it is the Israelis' fault, or in any way judges their actions.
This predates the Afghani/Iraqi causes of resentment that the GP refers to. My point was simple - our relationship with the Islamic world has been poor for a long time, for reasons that existed prior to the Soviet-Afghan and Iran-Iraq conflicts.
As for your statement that they can't even get along with themselves, consider the Christian-on-Christian violence in Northern Ireland which is only now subsiding. Political violence along sectarian lines is nothing unique to Islam.
I mod here frequently, and although I tend to have a right/libertarian streak, I try my best to mod based purely on the merits of the comment - does it offer insight or information I didn't have before? Does it pose an interesting perspective I hadn't considered before? Or is it designed to elicit a certain aggressive response? If it is the latter, it falls into the flamebait/troll category. I seldom give those mods, since I think that adults should be able to ignore such bait, and I prefer not censoring others. Yes, lots of mods here award points as political agree/disagree popularity points, and I agree that the sentiments here tend to lean left. Keep in mind, this is an international group, and politics outside the US tend to lean in the direction we would call left, and they would call center, and that despite all that, most mods are pretty fair.
That said, I can understand why a) you got modded that way, and b) why you think it was unjust. I'm pretty sure that you were voicing your true opinion, but you did so in a way that mimics the tactics of someone trolling the forum for angry responses. You may have gotten the flamebait mod from someone who disagrees with you, but more likely you got it from a mod who thought you were trying to yank someone's chain.
Our support for Israel has generated lots of resentment in the Muslim world.
Well, if Palin used it illegally, why doesn't someone bring charges against her? From everything I've seen and heard, the snooper was looking for damaging stuff, but found nothing damning.
The American criminal justice system is running right off the rails. We are achieving the opposite of rehabilitation.
No. Genetic variation still exists. Yeast produce asexually, but many strains exist, and new strains are developed all the time. Your statement is predicated on perfect genetic replication every time, which doesn't always happen. If that were the case, bacteria and virii would be eternally unchanging. Evolutionary changes are slower however, since they rely on mutations within a single organism, rather than mixing different genetic lines.
I second this, but for a slightly different reason. Resale does more than return money to the seller's pocket, and make the next game more affordable. It also contributes to the longevity of the game. I have old copies of Battlezone and Battlezone II I bought second hand. I could still get them out, cobble some older hardware together, and play them if I wanted, because the pressed CDs in my desk drawer aren't going away. With a Valve/Steam distribution model, when the distributor decides there isn't enough revenue stream coming in to justify a game's share of the server it sits on, -poof- it can go away in a flash. Maybe most people don't want to play older games, and that's fine. Maybe most games today wouldn't be as appealing without their online multiplayer aspects anyway. But I'm more concerned about the digital amnesia effect, where games become ephemeral things quickly lost to history.
I wonder what happens if you start to moan loudly and suggestively as they search you and finish with a "Harry Met Sally" style fake orgasm.
Or, perhaps the answer is make damn sure they are all on the same plane.
In the US al least, the courts generally presume that a person carrying a weapon while committing a crime intends to commit unlawful violence with it, and it is regarded as an aggravating circumstance (or whatever the legal jargon is) to the crime.. A law-abiding person lawfully carrying the same weapon does not have the same presumption made. Caveats apply; IANAL, AFAIK, etc.
IANAL, this is not legal advice, and obviously laws vary from place to place, but AFAIK, self defense is an affirmative defense, meaning that you have to demonstrate that you were defending yourself to be found not guilty.
Well, judging by the smoke, plenty.
I'll invoke any damn thing I want. As far as racism, you entirely miss the point, which is that your use of a stereotype is an indication of your fundamental ignorance of those you attempt to describe. A stereotype is not a logical thing to do. It is the refuge of those too intellectually lazy to question their own biases, too afraid to engage in debate with those who think differently, and too arrogant to consider that someone else's point of view might contain insight. In short, stereotypes have nothing to do with the choices (or lack thereof) of those who are stereotyped, and everything to do with the mind that actually forms (or adopts from others) the stereotype.
To be fair, a Vin Diesel movie can be written by just 2 or 3 monkeys over the course of a week or so.
Democracy doesn't mean that the majority is right, just that they are in power.
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